I go to the gym at least 5 times a week (M-F). Mondays and Wednesdays I do an hour of water aerobics. The other days I do about half an hour on the treadmill (just walking about 3 mph) and some weights. Usually I’m there for about an hour. If I don’t do the gym, I almost always walk at least a mile in my neighborhood. So I’m exercising a lot more than I used to! At some point, I’d like to work harder; I’m just not completely sure what to do.

Regarding feeling satisfied, I don’t really know. Some days, I feel like I pretty much eat protein bars/shakes/vitamins and not much else, then all of the calories are gone. I guess I don’t really feel hungry, but I also never really feel full. I think maybe twice I’ve eaten too much and wished I hadn’t, but those are the only times I really feel anything.

As for food, here’s what I’ve had this week.

Saturday:

Breakfast:1/2 Quest protein bar

Lunch: 1/3 of the insides (no bread/sauce) of a Wendys’ grilled chicken sandwich (chicken, tomato, lettuce) with some ranch dressing

Those are pretty typical days. I was doing a shake every day (with milk or soy or almond milk), but I got SO sick of it. The protein bars seem to have about the same sugar/calories/protein, plus I get to chew them. The only thing I’m wishing I could have more of is salty stuff. Everything seems to be sweet vitamins/protein and bland chicken. Red meat still isn’t okay with my stomach and I don’t really eat fish, so chicken and beans it is!

Also, should I be eating more calories when I go to the gym, or still eat the same and just plan on working out every day? I know Myfitnesspal (app) exaggerates how many calories you burn, but there are days when it tells me my net calories are 200 or so! If that’s okay, then I’m okay with it, but I want to make sure I’m getting enough so I still lose weight.

And I did get the iron problem sorted out (I think). What I was taking only had 27mg of iron, so I found another supplement.